Combination phonograph and lamp



P. R. GONSKY.

COMBINATION PHONOGRAPH AND LAMP. APPLICATION man JUNI-:1 9..

Patented sept. 21,1920.

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. COMBINATION PHONOGRAPH' AND LAMP.

Application filed .Tune 17,l

T all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER R. GoNsKY, a subject of the King of England,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Phonographsand Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

rlhe invention has for an objectto give a construction by which a soundarm lis provided that is also usuable to form one side of an ornamentallamp support, concealing its nature as a sound arm when so used. It isan important aim also to give an improved sound modulating meansespecially applicable to a phonograph of this character.

Additional objects, advantages, and features of invention will appearfrom the construction, arrangement and cordination of parts asrepresented in one embodiment of the invention, hereinafter describedand shown inthe drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the invention in use for reproducinga record,

F ig. 2 is a similar view showing the device solely as a lamp,

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, with the shade portion removed,

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the shade removed.

Fig. 5 is a detail section showing the sound modulating valve,

Fig. 6 is a top view of a-central fragment of the shade frame.

Fig. 7 is a top view of the tubular post 14 and parts mounted thereonpositioned for utilization of the sound arm and transcribino devices, asin Fig. 3.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the upper part of thepost and the elbow mounting thereon including the inember 25,

Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the elbow 26 and the mounting ofthe soundarm therein.

There is illustrated a lamp providing an ornamental base 10 in which anysuitable mechanism may be concealedv for rotating and supporting a soundrecord 11 and which may be provided with an ornamental cover 12 by whichthe record 11 may be covered and concealed when not being reproduced.

The casing 10 is inthe form of an urn, having arms 12 extended fromopposite sides thereof in a form suggestive of handles, While upstandingtubular posts 13 and 14 re- Speccation of Letters Patent.` VPtielliedSept.,21, 1920.

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spectively arel supported upon these arms. ,i

Through theipost 13 and its respective arm 12, electric wires may beextended for energizing electric lightbulbs of suitablecharacterprovided in the .upper part of the appa.- ratus, as .will bedescribed. Upon .the post 13 there is mounted an ornamental bracket arm15, supporting lightsl and having Va suitable fastening 17 lights bywhich ashade 18 (as shown in Figs. 1 and 2) may be secured in place. Thebracket arm terminates in a vertical end portion 19 upon which the klampand bracket device 17are mounted, the member 17 forming aterminalelement on the part 19. In the lower part of the'post 14 there ismounted on a transverse axis a small butterfly thereon above the valve20, the postcomprisingin the main a cylindrical tube upon the lower partof which there is revoluble a collar 21. The

valve 20 is formed with alongitudinally 7"* slotted arm22 at onesideclose to its pivot, this arm receiving therethrough a pin projectedthrough a fsuitablevslotfin thetubular post and being mounted upon theinner surface of the sleeve. 21 which' is'revoluble vupon the postandVsuitably 'knurled upon .the out@ side for manipulation whereby itsrotation will oscillate the valve 20 to open or close it. It should benoted that the arm 22 and its slot extend obliquely with respect to theplane of the valve 2() and the slot through which the arm 22 projects,this-permitting the valve to be moved into full open position, in aplane coincident with the axis of the tube 14. Upon the upper end of thepost 14 there is mounted for rotation on a vertical axis a hollow.ball-shaped element 25 correl spending to a similar thick element '25upon the opposite post, the ball 25 having a hollow sleeve 25a projectedloosely into the post 14. At one side an elbow 26 is mounted upon theball 25, revoluble upon avhorizontal axis with respect to the ball, itsouter arm having rotatably mounted therein the base of a sound'arm 27identical in form with Vthe bracket arm 15 before mentioned,

the bracket arm 15 being rigidly connected with the ball member 25 bymeans of anV elbow connection 26.

-The arm 27 it will be seen is in the shape of an ogee curve, and hasupon its swinging end the usual sound box and other reproducingmechanism for cordination with the record 11, as at 28. The arm 27 is ofsuch length that when the ball member 25y is from at one sideoi' theplane in which the posts 13 and 14 are disposed, and the arm 27 rotatedso that when the connected part of the elbow 26 is horizontal, or nearlyso, a needle mounted in the sound reproducer will engage the record, andthe needle will extend in a direction nearly or quite coin-cciding withthe direction of the sound record grooves. 1t should be further notedthat thelength of the bracket arm 1.5 is such that when the ball 25 isrotated on a vertical axis to bringV the elbowl 26 tothe inner side ofthe post 14, and the arm 27 rotatedin the elbow to bring its inner endinto close proximity with the part 19 of the bracket arm 15, the soundarm and supporting post will have thesame symmetrical relation to thevertical axis of the complete device as the parts 13, 15, and 25.- Uponthe upper end of the bracket arm 15 there is provided an engaging device30 constructed toengage with a part of the sound or reproducing device2S to hold it in raised position when engagedy therewith. In the presentinstance, the device 30 consists of a headed pin` under which appart ofthe sound box may be sprung, this pin being engagedin a casting or othersuit- V ably' milled fitting 31 including the upper end oi the bracketarm 15, the lights 16 being inounted'upon short lengths of tubingscrewed intov the fitting 31, the fastening 17 comprising a`screwthreaded into thev upper part of the Vfitting 31. Y

The shade 18 A'ncludes a spider frame 32 at its upper part having acentral late 34 apertured to receive the screw 1 Vdownwardlytherethrough, by which means the shade is secured against casualdetachment and supported properly in position.

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1. In a machine and lamp of the character described, a base, a bracketarm mounted thereon and extending upwardly 'into a central position overthe base, lamp appliances carried thereby, a sound arm having a formsimilar to that of the bracket arm, saidV sound. arm movable at timesintoY an op'- posing position corresponding symmetrically witli thatofsaid bracket arm, and means to releasably hold the sound arm in Y thelast named position.

reproducermay be moved into'engagementA with a. recordy upon said platenand oscillated thereon, at times, and to be at. other times insymmetrical lopposition to the first named extension..

In testimony where'o I have aiiixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

PETER R. GONSKY.

Vitnessesi: f I

W. HERGAL, J. JwAsnnvrcz.

